Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has savaged the gambling industry and its impact on families while calling for a shake up of GST distribution.
Mr Forrest said pokies revenue collected by the states should be included in calculations to determine GST allocations in the same way as mining royalties.
He said the existing GST carve-up encouraged states to support a Dracula-like industry “sucking blood out of the community” while sitting on natural resources.
The Fortescue Mining Group chairman went on to describe the plight of a “dear friend” so caught up in a pokies addiction she neglected her children, including a baby.
He said his friend, who had at times left food on the floor in case the older children forgot to feed t…
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